My story really starts when I was 18 years old or so, and I graduated from high school in Karachi, Pakistan.
Finally Graduated!
I was given the option of either studying abroad in the states, or staying in Pakistan and studying their.
Should I stay or study abroad?
I decided to study abroad so that I can raise my children in a safer environment.
However, before I could attend college in the states, I had to worry about three main things: Money, a Visa, and a College Acceptance.
Do I have any money, a visa, or even a college acceptance?
For Finance, I asked my parents for help, and I applied for multiple scholarship opportunities.
I need some money for college
I will help you as much as I can!
For the Visa, I applied for one and then got accepted!
Yes, you have been accepted.
Can I please get a Visa?
For the final issue, of where would I go to college, I got accepted to IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology).
Dad, I got accepted!!!
Congratulations Son, I am very proud of you!!!
When I finally arrived in the states, it was a major culture shock. Nothing I ever knew was the same. Not only did I have language issues, but I knew absolutely no one in the states.
Salam, do you know where kamra eik soo nay pachas (Room 154) is?
What is he saying?
But, I kept studying and working hard. Eventually, I got an internship, a car etc. I was finally getting my life together.
Oh shoot, my class starts in thirty-minutes.
After four years of adapting to the culture in the states, and studying hard to get my degree, I finally graduated from College!
Back at Graduation again, huh?
After graduating, I got a job in Michigan with a company called Ricardo.
Off to Michigan!!
While in Michigan, the company I was working with decided to pay for me to go back to school and get my masters in Engineering.
Not Again!!!
At the age of twenty-seven, I got married to wife, Yaquta.
You are now husband and wife!
Four years after my marriage, I had my first child, Zainab.